B. 1988 lives & works in Birmingham, UK

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lukeroutledge@gmail.com
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I make human scale, figurative sculptures which I frame as the inhabitants of a speculative, fictional multiverse. The sculptures are frequently installed in large tableau like installations to create open ended narrative structures between the works. Animatronic components are also used to elicit audience participation, bringing the works to life. Alongside my sculptural works, I use animation, writing, drawing and painting to build an ever expanding, overarching fictional territory.

My work has been exhibited widely in the UK and abroad at both artist-led and commercial galleries. I have produced solo exhibitions at Kunsthal Gent, Belgium (2022), Anima Mundi Gallery, Cornwall (2022) and Eastside Projects, Birmingham (2020).

Notable group shows include macLYON, France (2024), Saatchi Gallery, London (2022), The Whitworth Gallery, Manchester (2022), The Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, Coventry (2022) & Flowers Gallery, London (2022).

Exhibitions

2024

Current
Friends in Love and War - L’Éloge des meilleur·es ennemi·es
(works from the British Council Collection, macLYON Collection & Invited Artists)

macLYON 8 March to 7 July 2024
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Then at Ikon Gallery, Birmingham 25 September 2024 – 23 February 2025

2023

Pallet Show - Daniel Pryde Jarman & Division of Labour Manchester Contemporary & Art House, Worcester

London Art Fair x A Modest Show

2022

Henry Moore Foundation Artist Award

Bard of Blomble
BCU Vitrine, Birmingham School of Art

Summa
Anima Mundi, St. Ives

Small is Beautiful
Flowers Gallery, London

The Sound of a Falling Tree
Curated by Liam Fallon,
Tuesday to Friday, Valencia

Superposition: Abstrakt Kab
With Robin Broadley x Division of Labour
Manchester Contemporary

Summer Camp Show
Eastside Projects, Birmingham

PULP
Pitt Studio Project Space & Division of Labour
The Art House, Worcester

Fayre Share Fayre
A Modest Show,
The Whitworth, Manchester

REDIVIDER
Solo Exhibition - Anima Mundi, St. Ives

Superposition: Removals & Functions
With Robin Broadley,
Seesaw, Manchester

Nature Dream Machine
Solo Exhibition - Kunstal Gent, Belgium

Studio: Response #2
Saatchi Gallery, London

2021

Mark Tanner Sculpture Award Shortlist
Standpoint Gallery, London

The Door in The Wall
Coventry Biennial: Hyper-Possible,
The Herbert Art Gallery & Museum Coventry

Soothsayers
Coventry Biennial: Hyper-Possible
Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

House @ Hyper Lab
Coventry Biennial: Hyper-Possible,
Coventry

Proof @ Old Grammar School
Coventry Biennial: Hyper-Possible, Coventry

Worcester Open
The Art House, Worcester

Ikon For Artists
Ikon Gallery, Birmingham

Blood From A Stone
GLOAM Gallery, School of the Damned, Sheffield

Warning Bells
Turf Projects, School of the Damned, Croydon

First Floor Floating
Set Woolwich, School of the Damned, London

SCHEMING
Function Suite (Escape Bar), School of the Damned, Stratford

COMING SOON
School of the Damned, Castlefield Gallery NAS Warrington

2020

Strange Matter
Solo Exhibition -Eastside Projects, Birmingham

2019

Extra Ordinary People @ Artlicks
South London Gallery

Summer Camp Show
Eastside Projects

Amber Rooms
London

On an Ordinary Rock
Art House, Worcester

All Work, All Play
AIR gallery, Altrincham

P is for Portrait
Art House, Worcester

2018

Summer Camp Residency
Eastside Projects, Birmingham

Mudmen
Residency & Solo Show

Luke Routledge Strangelets Nature Dream Machine Strange Matter The Apple, the Egg & the Butterfly Redivider Earthmeasurer The Bard of Blomble Machine Elf

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Luke Routledge

Strangelets
Nature Dream Machine
Strange Matter
The Apple, the Egg & the Butterfly
Redivider
Earthmeasurer
The Bard of Blomble
Machine Elf

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